Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr. 1911 SECTION Linervia
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by David Kuehn
Common Name The Modest Nervilia - Australia - The Round Sheild Orchid - In China Bai Mai Yu Lan
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Transval, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reuinion, Assam, Eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Western Himalayas, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Queensland Australia, Samoa and Vanuatu in grasslands at elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters as a small sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial with circular to kidney-shaped; to 7 blunt angled, shortly pubescent above, grooved petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, 1.6" [3.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with 2 basal sheaths and linear, concave, acute floral bracts .
Synonyms *Arethusa simplex Thouars 1822; Bolborchis crociformis Zoll. & Moritzi 1846; Coelogyne javanica Lindl. 1854; Epidendrum simplex (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; Nervilia bathiei Senghas 1964; Nervilia bollei (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1911; Nervilia crispata (Blume) Schltr. ex Kraenzl. 1905; Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. 1978; Nervilia erosa P.J.Cribb 1977; Nervilia fimbriata Schltr. 1905; Nervilia francoisii H.Perrier 1928; Nervilia humilis Schltr. 1915; Nervilia monantha Blatt. & McCann 1932; Nervilia prainiana (King & Pantl.) Seidenf. 1978; Nervilia reniformis Schltr. 1915; Pogonia bollei Rchb.f. 1865; Pogonia crispata Blume 1849; Pogonia prainiana King & Pantl. 1896; Pogonia simplex (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1865; Pogonia thouarsii Blume 1859; Stellorkis aplostellis Thouars 1822
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Pogonia crispata; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1863 as Pogonia crispata; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1863 as Pogonia bolle; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Pogonia prainiana drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905 as Pogonia crispata; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as Pogonia crispata drawing fide; The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/1985 as Nervilia crispata (Blume) Schltr. ex Kraenzl. 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing good as N crispata; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1964 corrections as N crispata; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 7 385 - 448 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 as N bathei photo fide; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as N monantha; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture Pradhan 1976 as N prainiana drawing fide; The Orchids of South Central Africa Williamson 1977 as N humilis drawing/photo ok; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 as N parainiana drawing ok; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 32 nr 2 Orchids of Thailand VI Neottiideae Seidenfaden 1978 drawing fide; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 2 Cribb 1984 as N humils drawing leaf only;Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 as N drawing fide; Flore D'Afrique Centrale [Zaire- Rwands - Burundi] Orhidaceae Premeir parte Geerink 1984 as N reniformis drawing fide; Flora of Tropical East Africa Orchidaceae Part 2 Cribb 1984 as N reniformis drawing leaf only; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as N crispata; Orchids of the Central African Republic a Provisional Checklist Cribb & Fay 1986 as N reniformis; Orchids of Vanuatu Lewis & Cribb 1989; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Orchid Monographs 5 Petterson 1991 drawing fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; as N prainianaFlora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1995 photo leaf only good; Orchids of Southern Africa Linder & Kurzweil 1999; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Les Orchidees de Cote d'Ivorie Perez-Vera 2003 photo/drawing fide; Field Guide to the Ethiopian Orchids Demissew, Cribb & Rasmussen 2004; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo ok; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Northern South Africa and Swaziland McMurty, Grobler, Grobler & Burns 2008 photos; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 4 2009 drawing/ fide; Turczaninowia 2011, 14(2) : 15–100 Averyanov 2011; Orchids of Odisha Misra 2014 as N crociformis drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015 photo fide; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 photo good; A la Recherche des Orchidees de Madagascar Hervouet 2018 photo fide; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 as N crociformis photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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